1974 Hurst/Olds Pace Car
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48 15 January 2022, 06:05
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I have my promo, I have my decals and now I have a chassis made from GTO and Chevelle parts.
15 January 2022, 06:24
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Interesting how afew of you gus mix and match
Love to sit and watch
Always makes for an interesting build
For now I will just watch and learn
And try to get my one kit put together
Thanks for all the hints
15 January 2022, 07:00
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Made some progress this week. I carefully cut the hood free from the promo body. Got some reference pics and fabricated the hood insert from 5 pieces of Evergreen C-channel. It took a lot of very precise filing but it came out as well as I could hope. Fortunately the hood is almost 1/8" thick in the middle which save me the challenge of making side pieces.
22 January 2022, 06:37
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Spent the afternoon opening all 4 grilles and added in some fabricated turn signals from amber sprue pieces.
23 January 2022, 03:24
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Been making slow progress. Got some front end reference pics. Added trim pieces to bumper openings. Fabbed some lower grille inserts from some donated 71 Charger grilles. A lot of time and finesse was required.
27 February 2022, 03:45
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I do recognise I few parts from my glitter chevelle
Yes a complicated build like this will always take time
I'm just doing straight builds
And that takes time
But this is much more interesting
Look forward to your next post
27 February 2022, 04:56
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Jv Thanks. The grille bumper parts were painted to day. I have to let them cure for a bit. The next mod I am working on is the larger B pillars.
27 February 2022, 06:25
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Finally got all the following mods done to the body:
Fabricated body color inserts for under the tail lights. The chrome ones integrated into the rear bumper were removed.
Clearanced the front valence to account for the front turn signals in the bumper.
Added a cowl/windshield wiper panel as Promos do not come with them.
Filled sink holes here and there.
Replaced C-pillar with wider ones for the faux landau bar.
Added evergreen strips to reproduce the chrome trim over the roof.
Deepened the panel lines for the doors and the trunk.
Got the body in primer to find the hidden flaws.
Hoping to shoot some white tomorrow.
3 April 2022, 05:54
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Masked and painted the landau bar. Looks much better than just a decal would. Next step BMF.
8 May 2022, 00:39
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BMF done. My new sheet is apparently some of the marginal quality stuff. The foil is fine but the adhesive is not always adequate enough. It make trimming more of a challenge. However, it is still way better than NO BMF. Recleared the decal sheets today. They will be next.
13 May 2022, 05:16
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I started on the decals last night. The hood got done and all the underlying layers of decals on the body. For how long and skinny the side stripes are, they behaved quite well. The only exception was running over the door and trunk locks. That took a bit of poking and prodding. Some the decals are a two step process whereas the base gold decal is laid and then the black outline decal is laid over that. To prevent messing up the gold, I and going to seal them (and the touchy BMF) down with Future/Pledge before laying the black portions.
16 May 2022, 03:31
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Good idea and process! I like this whit and gold color scheme a lot. Your detailwork is great. Looking forward.
17 May 2022, 08:00
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I performed a miracle twice in one hour. Many of you know how tricky it is to lay a long skinny decal stripe without tears or wrinkles AND get it placed perfectly. Imagine having to lay a second long skinny stripe decal precisely over the top of the 1st one. Then do it twice! With the miracle of Dawn dish soap, I had the time to fiddle with them to get near perfection. I am also very glad I topcoated the decal sheet with Testors Decal Bonder. It made them tough enough to take the abuse.
18 May 2022, 04:58
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Thank you Dominik. 🙂. I painted the underside semigloss black in preparation for assembly.
20 May 2022, 05:33
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Looking great
I see your airbrush has been doing wonderful
I just got some second hand gear compressor and airbrush
Not sure if its a good idea to get things like that second hand so I have still put my projects on hold for a bit longer
13 June 2022, 12:24
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István, Thanks, 🙂
Jv, Thanks, 2nd hand shouldn't be too bad. Just as long as the air compressor runs and the air brush has been cared for.
14 June 2022, 04:38
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Yes Bill I don't think the airbrush was cared for but compressor runs just need a new regulator
But all good
It was still a good deal
I got lots of paints and a few other things I'm happy to have
Looking forward to get back into it whed some better tools
In the neer future
Happy to see your great results with all your new tools
Looking great
14 June 2022, 13:38
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Been away from the bench due to a busy summer. Got some time to turn some new aluminum hoops for my Olds Rally wheels and low profile tires.
4 August 2022, 05:08
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Back on this again in order to help clear my bench of projects. Time to tackle adding a 455 Rocket.
I got a donated 69 Olds engine awhile back for this project. I cleaned up all the pieces and was sorting out what goes where.
The 70 Monte Carlo firewall gives me the A/C box but the Monte's A/C compressor is on the drivers side. It needs to be on the passenger side.
I learned on another forum that the 68 El Camino has the A/C compressor on the passenger side.
I raided the last El Camino kit I have for the required components. A new hole in the Olds water pump fits the BBC front engine dress very nicely.
While inventorying and surveying everything, I noticed I do not have any valve covers. Bummer.
I do not want to steal them from my 66 or 67 442 kits as they are needed for them.
I have a started 69 Olds 442 kit but it too needs to keep its valve covers and they are already installed on the built motor.
I built a 69 Hurst/Olds quite awhile ago and I am using the directions from it to build this engine.
The instructions show optional valve covers which were used on my build. Scrounging through my engine parts box, I found the stock valve covers loose in the bottom. YAY!
Now I can continue without having to beg, borrow or steal a pair. 😀
14 November 2022, 07:10
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It's always such a nice feeling when you find parts in the parts box that you actually need. 😂 Glad you found them!
14 November 2022, 08:09
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Jv Nope, stalled at engine scrounging and wheel installation.
Kyle, The parts box rewards me yet again! I found a genuine Olds intake. It got dechromed and installed this evening.
15 November 2022, 05:19
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Did some research on the engine color. 455s of this vintage are supposed to be a medium metallic aqua. I found a Model Master jar for $10 on ebay. Too steep for what I want to do. Instead, I took the only 3 jars of Acrylic paint I have (aqua, blue and some gloppy aluminum) and kept mixing them drop by drop until I got really close. It could maybe use a drop or two of white but at least I am in the ball park. I shall try and keep some progress on this one in spite of all the distraction my Pontiac builds are giving me.
21 November 2022, 06:51
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interesting, that the engine all is black. on the other side eeasy to paint 😉
The rims looking awesome!
22 November 2022, 09:31
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Actually the valve covers, intake, heads and block are metallic turquoise. It is just buried by so many hoses and accoutrements than you can just barely see the front of the passenger side valve cover peeking some color.
23 November 2022, 05:30
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Since I am about to assemble the engines for my Pontiacs, I figured I would try to get my Rocket 455 put together as well. I detail painted everything so assembly begins. I will try to accompany as many its as I can to simulate a smog era engine compartment.
11 January 2023, 05:58
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I have not forgotten about this project! Glad to see you getting the rocket built up!
11 January 2023, 12:19
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Got the engine installed. Part way through routing the A/C lines. Photo etch battery clamps are a EXTREMELY TINY. I am not sure I will ever put myself through that again!
22 January 2023, 00:46
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Trying to simulate the factory air cleaner decal which is red letters on a silver background. I cannot print silver so I am experimenting with clear decals over BMF. We shall see if it works.
28 February 2023, 05:24
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My 74 Hurst/Olds engine bay is finally done.
While not 100% accurate, I threw as much at it as I could.
Be advised I had to start with a Johan promo which has no opening hood and engine bay.
A lot of kit bashing and parts box raiding took place to make this happen.
Cowl is from a 62 Catalina with cowl vents printed on paper.
The engine bay is from a 67 Chevelle Pro Street kit.
The firewall, with A/C box, is from a 70 Monte Carlo.
The radiator and A/C parts are from a 68 El Camino.
The engine block and transmission are from a 69 Olds 442.
The dechromed intake and valve covers are from the parts box.
The Olds engine blue was custom mixed from blue, black and silver acrylics.
The air cleaner came from a 72 Grand Prix annual.
The snorkel flex tube came from some Mustang kit.
The chrome heat riser tube came from the 72 Grand Prix spoof exhaust.
The fan belt and pulley assembly came from the 68 El Camino.
The Parts box contributed the following:
Master cylinder and booster
Washer bottle
Battery with photo-etch battery clamps (I'll never do that again!)
Emissions evaporative canister
Tubing from semi truck kit air lines.
Home made decals for Caution Fan and "Oldsmobile Rocket 455"
(Clear decal laid over BMF)
Scratch built distributor and ignition wires.
This task was definitely a challenge motivated by seeing what fellow modelers have shared in their builds.
Comments welcome.
28 February 2023, 17:07
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Really great stuff Bill. Fantastic work on getting this to where it is now.
28 February 2023, 18:05
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It took almost a year but it is finally done. My vision pretty much came to fruition. Lots of kitbashing and some new skills learned along the way. Comments welcome.
10 March 2023, 06:39
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Really beautiful result Bill. Enjoyed following along with this build
10 March 2023, 15:03
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Remember when you started this one
Its been a very interesting build
Congratulations on a butiful model
11 March 2023, 12:53
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Astonishing work, Bill!! Not sure if I'm more impressed with the perfection of the car or the fact that there isn't a peck of dust anywhere!
14 March 2023, 22:11
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Tom, Thank you. I did not even dust it before the pics. (I forget stuff like that).
Christian, Thanks. I learned the key to good pics is LOTS of light from a number of directions. (Though, I probably need to diffuse it more)
15 March 2023, 05:22
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Excellent work Bill, never fail to impress👌👌
I luv these mid 70's GM Colonnade body styles, the Cutlass & the LeMans were always my faves 😍
5 May, 11:41
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The plan is to take a JoHan promo, some after market decals, chassis parts from a 66 GTO and 67 Chevelle and make a 74 H/O Pace car.